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| Blue Key | 2 | Our Lady of Lourdes GP | Amadea Datel |
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| Blue Key | 5 | Strake Jesuit JK | Brendon Morris |
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| College Prep | 2 | Hamilton Independent AL | Malachi Ambrose |
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| College Prep | 4 | Loveless RR | Joanne Park |
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| College Prep | 6 | BASIS SK | Alexandra Mork |
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| Emory | 2 | Strake KS | Jenn Melin |
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| Emory | 3 | Immaculate Heart BC | Sam McLoughlin |
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| Emory | 6 | Lake Highland Prep AB | James Stuckert |
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| Harvard Westlake | 1 | Marlborough SM | Lena Mizrahi |
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| Harvard Westlake | 4 | Harker PG | Leah Clark-Villanueva |
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| Harvard Westlake | 6 | Diamond Bar NC | Vishan Chaudhary |
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| NDCA | 4 | Peninsula RM | Ben Cortez |
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| Nano Nagle | 2 | Dwight-Englewood EK | Christopher Perez |
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| Alta | 1 | Opponent: Loyola LR | Judge: Yardley Rosas 1AC - US populism |
| Alta | 3 | Opponent: Dougherty Valley KM | Judge: Diana Alvarez 1AC - teachers |
| Alta | 6 | Opponent: Marlborough AK | Judge: Talia Traskos-Hart 1AC - prison workers |
| Apple Valley | 1 | Opponent: Peninsula CS | Judge: Lawrence Zhou 1AC - hospital workers |
| Apple Valley | 3 | Opponent: Strake Jesuit JW | Judge: Patrick Fox 1AC- petit |
| Apple Valley | 5 | Opponent: Evergreen Valley Independent SE | Judge: Joshua StPeter 1AC -stock |
| Blue Key | 2 | Opponent: Our Lady of Lourdes GP | Judge: Amadea Datel 1AC - lay |
| Blue Key | 3 | Opponent: Lake Highland Prep AV | Judge: Tajaih Robinson 1AC - lay util |
| Blue Key | 5 | Opponent: Strake Jesuit JK | Judge: Brendon Morris 1AC - whol res util |
| College Prep | 2 | Opponent: Hamilton Independent AL | Judge: Malachi Ambrose 1AC - techno-orientalism |
| College Prep | 4 | Opponent: Loveless RR | Judge: Joanne Park 1AC - climate |
| College Prep | 6 | Opponent: BASIS SK | Judge: Alexandra Mork 1AC - shit shit prag shit shit |
| Emory | 2 | Opponent: Strake KS | Judge: Jenn Melin 1AC - kant |
| Emory | 3 | Opponent: Immaculate Heart BC | Judge: Sam McLoughlin 1AC - china |
| Emory | 6 | Opponent: Lake Highland Prep AB | Judge: James Stuckert 1AC - cap |
| Harrison RR | 3 | Opponent: Harrison JP | Judge: Panel 1AC - k aff |
| Harvard Westlake | 1 | Opponent: Marlborough SM | Judge: Lena Mizrahi 1AC - commons |
| Harvard Westlake | 4 | Opponent: Harker PG | Judge: Leah Clark-Villanueva 1AC - mining |
| Harvard Westlake | 6 | Opponent: Diamond Bar NC | Judge: Vishan Chaudhary 1AC - ptd |
| Harvard Westlake | Doubles | Opponent: Strake Jesuit JS | Judge: Panel 1AC - debris |
| NDCA | 1 | Opponent: Strake DA | Judge: Joseph Barquin 1AC - borders |
| NDCA | 4 | Opponent: Peninsula RM | Judge: Ben Cortez 1AC - monopolies |
| Nano Nagle | 2 | Opponent: Dwight-Englewood EK | Judge: Christopher Perez 1AC - covid |
| Nano Nagle | 3 | Opponent: Southlake Caroll CC | Judge: Felicity Park 1AC - Jordan |
| Palm Classic | 1 | Opponent: Marlborough ED | Judge: Lindsay Van Luvanee 1AC - commons |
| Palm Classic | 3 | Opponent: Mission San Jose SR | Judge: Chris Castillo 1AC - prag |
| Palm Classic | 6 | Opponent: Sage MP | Judge: Emmie Malyugina 1AC - leo |
| Peninsula | 1 | Opponent: St Francis HUHenderson, Dominic | Judge: Dominic Henderson All layishi read da's already disclosed like econinnovation space col mining |
| Peninsula | 4 | Opponent: Immaculate Heart JL | Judge: Eric He 1AC - china |
| Peninsula | 6 | Opponent: Sage MP | Judge: Derek Hilligoss 1AC - satellites |
| Peninsula | Quarters | Opponent: Stockdale GS | Judge: Panel 1AC - cap |
| TOC | 1 | Opponent: Harrison MB | Judge: Amanda Nobra 1AC - set col |
| Yale | 1 | Opponent: Catonsville AT | Judge: Richard Li 1AC - bio-terror |
| Yale | 6 | Opponent: Montville AA | Judge: Ananya Natchukuri 1AC - whole res |
| peninsula | 3 | Opponent: marlborough ps | Judge: eric he 1ac - commons cap aff |
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0 - Cites Not WorkingTournament: All | Round: Finals | Opponent: All | Judge: All | 12/18/21 |
0 - Contact InfoTournament: All | Round: Finals | Opponent: All | Judge: All Email: keshavrast21@gmail.com | 12/18/21 |
0 - Debate DrillsTournament: All | Round: Finals | Opponent: All | Judge: All | 12/18/21 |
0 - NavigationTournament: All | Round: Finals | Opponent: All | Judge: All | 12/18/21 |
1 - Extra TTournament: Yale | Round: 1 | Opponent: Catonsville AT | Judge: Richard Li OFFExtra-t is a voting issue: | 9/17/21 |
1 - Must spec enforcement mechTournament: Apple Valley | Round: 5 | Opponent: Evergreen Valley Independent SE | Judge: Joshua StPeter OFFInterpretation: Affs must specify an enforcement mechanism. To clarify, they must defend what the specific aff looks like or provide definitions in the 1AC that justify the plan.Standards:1~ Shiftiness – allows them to siphon out of key negative ground on how they pass the plan. It could be a long process or have unique nb’s that neg’s can’t predict – i.e. passing through the government might strengthen legitimacy.~CX Fails~: They’re going to say that cx checks but a) it isn’t enough to formulate a large enough neg strat since by the time we read the 1nc the 1ar will shift out of the offense b) can’t solve the majority of our abuse which is lost prep time b/c we didn’t know how’d you defend it; that also allows new definitions per round which isn’t predictable2~ Ground – neg’s can’t read process cp’s under their interp since the 1ar will either spin a new enforcement mech or not defend one at all. Process cp’s key because they challenge how the aff wants to pass the plan which is key nuanced education in real world scenarios.
DTD because the abuse was in the 1AC and any neg abuse is justified by this shell being a pre-req to engagementCompeting interps:1~ specificity – you can’t win you’re reasonably right because any small shift of the right to strike is enough to trigger new debates in the 1ar2~ race to the bottom and norm setting – we can’t set norms without setting a clear standard3~ arbitrary and missing brightline – increases judge intervention AND new 2AR arguments since the counter-interp will be newly contextualizedNo RVI’s:1~ Logic – you’ve won that you’re predictable for the neg to engage with in the first place, you deserve a ribbon not a ballot2~ No time skew – 1~ 13-13 means its fair 2~ more neg skew since affs can always restructure arguments in the 1ar and 2ar 3~ non-uq; every argument that got up-layered OR weighed over is lost | 11/6/21 |
1 - New Affs BadTournament: Apple Valley | Round: 1 | Opponent: Peninsula CS | Judge: Lawrence Zhou OFFInterpretation: Debaters must, with the contact info provided on their disclosure, disclose the plan text and framing mechanism of the aff, at least 30 minutes before the round. Tech difficulties must be explained on their wiki.Violation: ~screenshots~
Standards:Vote neg for predictability and clash1~ Breaking new affs forces us to rely on generics kills nuanced clash and turns their education arguments since we don’t get to discuss the aff in depth so we are forced into recycled T and kant debates.2~ Forces students to value new over good which is a bad education model since it creates superficial learning. Counterinterp offense isn’t competitive you can still read new affs they just have to be disclosed before the round. Critical thinking is nonunique since people will still have to come up with answers to the aff since they only know a small amount of info.Voters:1~ Use competing interps— A) leads to a race to the top since we figure out the best possible norm B) avoids judge intervention since there’s a clear brightline C) debate over brightlines collapses since it relies on an offense defense paradigm.2~ No RVIs—a. Baiting—they’ll just bait theory and prep it out—justifies infinite abuse and results in a chilling effect andb. illogical – you don’t win because you’re fair. It means that we both should win which makes the round irresolvable.c. Means they can collapse to theory for 4 mintues which skews the theory debate since I only read it for 1.3~ NC theory first A) abuse is self inflicted if I was abusive its because you forced me to B) It’s introduced earlier in the debate which means we have more time for norming C) scope disclosure impacts very speech starting from the 1AC | 11/5/21 |
NOVDEC - CIL CPTournament: Alta | Round: 3 | Opponent: Dougherty Valley KM | Judge: Diana Alvarez OFFA just government ought to formally declare that customary international law compels not enforcing restrictions and/or conditions on teachers’ strikes.CP solves and avoids the net benefit. CIL is legally binding and enforceable.Brudney 21 (Professor James J. Brudney is the Joseph Crowley Chair in Labor and Employment Law at Fordham Law School. Professor Brudney served for six years as Chief Counsel and Staff Director of the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Labor. He has been Adjunct Professor of Law at the Georgetown Law Center and Visiting Professor of Law at Harvard Law School. His scholarly writing is in the areas of workplace law and statutory interpretation. Professor Brudney is co-chair of the Public Review Board for the United Auto Workers International Union, and is a member of the Committee of Experts of the International Labor Organization "The Right to Strike as Customary International Law". 2021.) AND Administrations that the right to strike is an integral part of FOA.24 Spurs and advances workers movements globally.Brudney 21 (Professor James J. Brudney is the Joseph Crowley Chair in Labor and Employment Law at Fordham Law School. Professor Brudney served for six years as Chief Counsel and Staff Director of the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Labor. He has been Adjunct Professor of Law at the Georgetown Law Center and Visiting Professor of Law at Harvard Law School. His scholarly writing is in the areas of workplace law and statutory interpretation. Professor Brudney is co-chair of the Public Review Board for the United Auto Workers International Union, and is a member of the Committee of Experts of the International Labor Organization "The Right to Strike as Customary International Law". 2021.) AND as the right continues to be developed and debated on the global stage. Bolstering CIL regime fills Outer Space Treaty gaps and solves international space conflictKoplow 09 (David Koplow is a professor and the co-director of the Center on National Security and the Law at the Law Center. He joined the Georgetown faculty in 1981. His government service has included stints as Special Counsel for Arms Control to the General Counsel of the Department of Defense (2009-2011); as Deputy General Counsel for International Affairs at the Department of Defense (1997-1999); and as Attorney-Advisor and Special Assistant to the Director of the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (1978-1981). He is a graduate of Harvard College and Yale Law School and a Rhodes Scholar. "ASAT-isfaction: Customary International Law and the Regulation of Anti-Satellite Weapons". 2009.) AND do repose special respect to the weightiest resolutions of those global instrumentalities. 155 Space war goes nuclear.Johnson-Freese 17 (Joan Johnson-Freese, Professor and chair of space science and technology @ Naval War College, Space Warfare in the 21st Century, Routledge, ISBN 978131552917, p 18-20. 2017.) AND it is in the adversary’s interest to launch a preemptive nuclear strike.94 | 12/3/21 |
NOVDEC - Econ DATournament: Blue Key | Round: 2 | Opponent: Our Lady of Lourdes GP | Judge: Amadea Datel OFFThe U.S economy is surging and on the rise – optimism from investors and manufacturing sectors seeing a big boost proves the economy is expandingHarrison and Hannon 20 ~David Harrison is a reporter that covers the U.S. economy and the Federal Reserve from The Wall Street Journal's Washington D.C. bureau. Paul Hannon is a reporter that covers economics and central banks for the Wall Street Journal.~ "U.S. Economic Recovery Gains Steam While Others Stutter." Wall Street Journal. August 30, 2020. https://www.wsj.com/articles/global-economies-show-signs-of-stuttering-recovery-from-coronavirus-lockdowns-11598001890 BSPK AND more optimistic about the recovery of travel and the recovery of our business." Strikes deck economy– 3 warrants1~ Stop investmentTenza 20 - Tenza, Mlungisi. . ~Senior Lecturer, University of KwaZulu-Natal~ "The Effects of Violent Strikes on the Economy of a Developing Country: A Case of South Africa." Obiter, Nelson Mandela University, 2020, http://www.scielo.org.za/scielo.php?script=sci'arttextandamp;pid=S1682-58532020000300004VS AND reluctant to invest where there is an unstable or fragile labour relations environment. 2~ Strikes negatively impact labor and confidence, causing major economic lossesTenza 20 - Tenza, Mlungisi. . ~Senior Lecturer, University of KwaZulu-Natal~ "The Effects of Violent Strikes on the Economy of a Developing Country: A Case of South Africa." Obiter, Nelson Mandela University, 2020, http://www.scielo.org.za/scielo.php?script=sci'arttextandamp;pid=S1682-58532020000300004. VS AND enable it to deal with the high levels of unemployment and resultant poverty. 3~ Strikes harm key industries, stunting economic growthMcElroy 19 John McElroy ~MPA at McCombs school of Business~ 10/25/2019 "Strikes Hurt Everybody" https://www.wardsauto.com/ideaxchange/strikes-hurt-everybody VS AND be a better way to get workers a raise without torching the countryside. Just the right to strike contributes to econ damage– the right to strike is accompanied with increased strikes, many of them being violent, devastating key industries and the economyTenza 20 - Tenza, Mlungisi. . ~Senior Lecturer, University of KwaZulu-Natal~ "The Effects of Violent Strikes on the Economy of a Developing Country: A Case of South Africa." Obiter, Nelson Mandela University, 2020, http://www.scielo.org.za/scielo.php?script=sci'arttextandamp;pid=S1682-58532020000300004. VS AND industrial action in South Africa to make them more favourable to economic growth. Econ collapse goes nuclear — extinctionMann 14 (Eric Mann is a special agent with a United States federal agency, with significant domestic and international counterintelligence and counter-terrorism experience. Worked as a special assistant for a U.S. Senator and served as a presidential appointee for the U.S. Congress. He is currently responsible for an internal security and vulnerability assessment program. Bachelors @ University of South Carolina, Graduate degree in Homeland Security @ Georgetown. "AUSTERITY, ECONOMIC DECLINE, AND FINANCIAL WEAPONS OF WAR: A NEW PARADIGM FOR GLOBAL SECURITY," May 2014, https://jscholarship.library.jhu.edu/bitstream/handle/1774.2/37262/MANN-THESIS-2014.pdf) AND dollar for international trade, or engaging financial warfare against the United States. | 10/30/21 |
NOVDEC - Econ DA v2Tournament: Apple Valley | Round: 5 | Opponent: Evergreen Valley Independent SE | Judge: Joshua StPeter OFFThe global economy is recovering and is set to accelerate this year, but any shocks can devastate growthWorld Bank 21 - ~The World Bank is an international financial institution that provides loans and grants to the governments of low- and middle-income countries for the purpose of pursuing capital projects.~ "The Global Economy: on Track for Strong but Uneven Growth as COVID-19 Still Weighs" 06/08/2021 https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/feature/2021/06/08/the-global-economy-on-track-for-strong-but-uneven-growth-as-covid-19-still-weighs VS AND and moderate as the country’s focus shifts to reducing financial stability risks. Strikes deck economy– 3 warrants1~ Stop investmentTenza 20 - Tenza, Mlungisi. . ~Senior Lecturer, University of KwaZulu-Natal~ "The Effects of Violent Strikes on the Economy of a Developing Country: A Case of South Africa." Obiter, Nelson Mandela University, 2020, http://www.scielo.org.za/scielo.php?script=sci'arttextandamp;pid=S1682-58532020000300004VS AND reluctant to invest where there is an unstable or fragile labour relations environment. 2~ Strikes negatively impact labor and confidence, causing major economic lossesTenza 20 - Tenza, Mlungisi. . ~Senior Lecturer, University of KwaZulu-Natal~ "The Effects of Violent Strikes on the Economy of a Developing Country: A Case of South Africa." Obiter, Nelson Mandela University, 2020, http://www.scielo.org.za/scielo.php?script=sci'arttextandamp;pid=S1682-58532020000300004. VS AND enable it to deal with the high levels of unemployment and resultant poverty. 3~ Even just the right to strike causes to these impacts– the right to strike is accompanied with increased strikes, many of them being violent, devastating key industries and the economyTenza 20 - Tenza, Mlungisi. . ~Senior Lecturer, University of KwaZulu-Natal~ "The Effects of Violent Strikes on the Economy of a Developing Country: A Case of South Africa." Obiter, Nelson Mandela University, 2020, http://www.scielo.org.za/scielo.php?script=sci'arttextandamp;pid=S1682-58532020000300004. VS AND industrial action in South Africa to make them more favourable to economic growth. 4~ Strikes decrease productivity, create investment risk, weaken capital, and market volatility– causes econ collapseWisniewski et al 19 - Wisniewski, T. P., Lambe, B. J., and Dias, A. (2019). The Influence of General Strikes against Government on Stock Market Behavior. Scottish Journal of Political Economy. doi:10.1111/sjpe.12224 VS AND consider the full welfare implications for their members before staging a mass protest. Econ collapse goes nuclearMann 14 (Eric Mann is a special agent with a United States federal agency, with significant domestic and international counterintelligence and counter-terrorism experience. Worked as a special assistant for a U.S. Senator and served as a presidential appointee for the U.S. Congress. He is currently responsible for an internal security and vulnerability assessment program. Bachelors @ University of South Carolina, Graduate degree in Homeland Security @ Georgetown. "AUSTERITY, ECONOMIC DECLINE, AND FINANCIAL WEAPONS OF WAR: A NEW PARADIGM FOR GLOBAL SECURITY," May 2014, https://jscholarship.library.jhu.edu/bitstream/handle/1774.2/37262/MANN-THESIS-2014.pdf) AND dollar for international trade, or engaging financial warfare against the United States. | 11/6/21 |
NOVDEC - Hospital Workers PICTournament: Blue Key | Round: 2 | Opponent: Our Lady of Lourdes GP | Judge: Amadea Datel OFFCP Text- A just government ought to provide an unconditional right to strike except for Ambulance and Paramedic workersThere are large paramedic Shortages right now, this is exacerbated in rural areas where health services are most neededKate Rogers, FEB 1 2019, "The need for EMTs and paramedics is growing, but finding people to fill the jobs isn’t easy," CNBC, https://www.cnbc.com/2019/02/01/the-need-for-paramedics-is-growing-but-strong-labor-market-makes-hiring-hard.html | DD JH AND I can’t imagine doing anything different than what I do," Mailman said. Ambulance strikes in countries lead to increased mortality rates and massively delayed response time.The Times ,3-27-2012, "Pensioner’s death linked to ambulance strike," No Publication, https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/pensioners-death-linked-to-ambulance-strike-m89w3tkcx3t | DD JH AND one quarter. It insists that future strikes must be better dealt with. | 10/30/21 |
NOVDEC - Infra DATournament: Blue Key | Round: 3 | Opponent: Lake Highland Prep AV | Judge: Tajaih Robinson OFFBill passes now- negotiations are holding with Manchin and Sinema-but UN meeting and state elections make it so that there is no margin for errorEdmonson and Cochrane 10-24 Catie Edmondson and Emily Cochrane, 10-24-2021, "Biden Meets With Manchin and Schumer as Democrats Race to Finish Social Policy Bill," New York Times, https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/24/us/politics/biden-manchin-schumer-spending-bill.html/SJKS AND for him to accept more spending in order to avoid dropping other programs. Labor reform saps PC – empirically prove with Obama, corporate opposition, and Democratic resistanceLeon 21 Luis Feliz Leon, 01-06-2021, ""If we want it, we’re going to have to fight like hell for it" - Labor faces an uphill battle to pass the PRO Act," Strike Wave, https://www.thestrikewave.com/original-content/labor-faces-uphill-battle-to-pass-pro-act/SJKS AND in motion spur labor-law reforms, not the other way around." Infrastructure secures the grid against worsening and increasing cyberattacks.Carney 21 ~Chris; 8/6/21; Senior policy advisor at Nossaman LLC, former US Representative, former professor of political science at Penn State University; "The US Senate Infrastructure Bill: Securing Our Electrical Grid Through P3s and Grants," JDSupra, https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/the-us-senate-infrastructure-bill-4989100/~~ Justin AND partnerships and grants, the nation can quickly secure its infrastructure from cyberattacks. Cyberattacks on the grid spiral to all-out nuclear conflict.Klare 19 ~Michael; November 2019; Professor emeritus of peace and world security studies at Hampshire College; "Cyber Battles, Nuclear Outcomes? Dangerous New Pathways to Escalation," Arms Control Association, https://www.armscontrol.org/act/2019-11/features/cyber-battles-nuclear-outcomes-dangerous-new-pathways-escalation~~ Justin AND such attacks "could lead to major conflict and possibly nuclear war."14 | 10/30/21 |
NOVDEC - Midterms DATournament: Blue Key | Round: 2 | Opponent: Our Lady of Lourdes GP | Judge: Amadea Datel OFFBiden’s reconciliation bill passes now but compromises are delicateCaygle and Everett 10/20 (Heather and Burgess, Congress reporters at Politico) "Dems edge closer to ditching disarray" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/10/20/dems-edge-closer-ditching-disarray-516312 EE, DebateDrills AND if we make significant progress, that'll also be success towards those ends." The plan gets lumped in with the reconciliation bill and causes conflictMueller 09/21/2021 (Eleanor, labor reporter) "Unions squeeze pro-labor priorities into Democrats’ spending bill" Politico, https://www.politico.com/news/2021/09/21/unions-reconciliation-bill-513423 EE, DebateDrills AND vehicle for the labor provisions since they were introduced in the PRO Act. Infrastructure only passes if reconciliation doesCochrane et al 10/18/2021 (Emily Cochrane, Luke Broadwater, and Jonathan Weisman, NYT reporters) Biden Meets With Feuding Democrats and Expresses Confidence a Deal Can Be Reached, https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/10/01/us/infrastructure-bill-house~~#house-infrastructure-delay-vote EE, DebateDrills AND Biden "was very clear" that the two bills were tied together. Failure of the infrastructure package locks in catastrophic climate change—-extinctionPaul Bledsoe 9/4, strategic adviser at the Progressive Policy Institute and a professorial lecturer at American University’s Center for Environmental Policy. He served on the White House Climate Change Task Force under former President Bill Clinton, "Climate devastation is upon us. Congress must act.," NY Daily News, 9-4-2021, https://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-oped-climate-congress-20210904-mqbe75qni5b77ocke5orzrmjce-story.html?outputType=amp AND all of those who come after us to a devastated and denuded world. Warming is linear—every decrease in rising temperatures radically mitigates the risk of existential climate change.Xu and Ramanathan 17, Yangyang Xu, Assistant Professor of Atmospheric Sciences at Texas AandM University; and Veerabhadran Ramanathan, Distinguished Professor of Atmospheric and Climate Sciences at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, 9/26/17, "Well below 2 °C: Mitigation strategies for avoiding dangerous to catastrophic climate changes," Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 114, No. 39, p. 10315-10323recut CHS PK AND . Fig. 2 displays these three risk categorizations (vertical dashed lines). | 10/30/21 |
NOVDEC - Must Spec Right To StrikeTournament: Blue Key | Round: 5 | Opponent: Strake Jesuit JK | Judge: Brendon Morris OFFInterpretation: Affs must specify what is included in an unconditional right to strike. To clarify, they must defend what the specific aff looks like or provide definitions in the 1NC that justify the plan.Violation: they didn’t ~explain~Standards:1~ Shiftiness – allows them to siphon out of key negative ground on what the right to strike includes. The definition is different in multiple legal contexts, so explaining what the plan does to the right to strike solves. It could be a creating of a new strike, or removing of all conditions, etc.. that all tries to draw a line that negs can’t predictReddy, 1-6, ""There Is No Such Thing as an Illegal Strike": Reconceptualizing the Strike in Law and Political Economy", Yale Law Journal, Diana Reddy is a Doctoral Fellow at the Law, Economics, and Politics Center at UC Berkeley Law, and a PhD candidate in UCB's Jurisprudence and Social Policy Program. Her research interests lie at the intersection of work law, law and political economy, law and social movements, and social stratification and inequality. You can find her recent scholarship and commentary in Yale Law Journal Forum and Emory Law Journal, as well as in less formal outlets, like the Law and Political Economy blog. URL: https://www.yalelawjournal.org/forum/there-is-no-such-thing-as-an-illegal-strike-reconceptualizing-the-strike-in-law-and-political-economy , KR AND diminish" a right, which had never previously been held to exist. They’re going to say that cx checks but a) it isn’t enough to formulate a large enough neg strat. I.e. if it is made fully legal negs can make arguments about the implications of that, but if it’s about guaranteeing it, negs are forced to resort to defending minority workers who don’t have rights. b) can’t solve the majority of our abuse which is lost prep time b/c we didn’t know how’d you defend it; that also allows new definitions per round which isn’t predictableDTD because the abuse was in the 1AC and any neg abuse is justified by this shell being a pre-req to engagementCompeting interps:1~ specificity – you can’t win you’re reasonably right because any small shift of the right to strike is enough to trigger new debates in the 1ar2~ race to the bottom and norm setting – we can’t set norms without setting a clear standard3~ arbitrary and missing brightline – increases judge intervention AND new 2AR arguments since the counter-interp will be newly contextualized | 10/30/21 |
NOVDEC - Police Unions PICTournament: Blue Key | Round: 3 | Opponent: Lake Highland Prep AV | Judge: Tajaih Robinson OFFCP–PolicyCP Text:1~ A just government ought to recognize an unconditional right of workers except for police officers to strike.- A police officer is a warranted law employee of a police force. "police officer" is a generic term not specifying a particular rank.(wikipedia) 2~ A just government ought to, through the corresponding union body in their society, threaten to remove police unions from the set of member unions unless they: eliminate due-processes protections police have won that prevent accountability from police misconduct through processes outlined in greenhouseOnly the CP can force police unions to changeGreenhouse, 20, The New Yorker, "How Police Unions Enable and Conceal Abuses of Power", Steven Greenhouse is an American labor and workplace journalist and writer. He covered labor for The New York Times for 31 years, 2010 Society of Professional Journalists Deadline Club Award: Beat reporting for newspapers and wire services, for "World of Hurt" with N.R. Kleinfield; 2010 New York Press Club Award: Outstanding enterprise or investigative reporting, for "World of Hurt" with N.R. Kleinfield; 2009 The Hillman Prize for The Big Squeeze: Tough Times for the American WorkerURL: https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/how-police-union-power-helped-increase-abuses, KR AND unions: protecting all workers—in other words, protecting the public. Excessive police union bargaining from strikes destroys accountability for police misconductGreenhouse, 20, The New Yorker, "How Police Unions Enable and Conceal Abuses of Power", Steven Greenhouse is an American labor and workplace journalist and writer. He covered labor for The New York Times for 31 years, 2010 Society of Professional Journalists Deadline Club Award: Beat reporting for newspapers and wire services, for "World of Hurt" with N.R. Kleinfield; 2010 New York Press Club Award: Outstanding enterprise or investigative reporting, for "World of Hurt" with N.R. Kleinfield; 2009 The Hillman Prize for The Big Squeeze: Tough Times for the American WorkerURL: https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/how-police-union-power-helped-increase-abuses, KR AND of Republicans," he said. "That’s given them a big advantage." Police misconduct erodes democracy – only holding them accountable can change the situationBonner, 18, University of Victoria, "Three Ways Police Abuse Affects Democracy", 4/27/18, Michelle Bonner is Professor of Political Science in the Department of Political Science at the University of Victoria. Among other publications, she is the co-editor of Police Abuse in Contemporary Democracies , URL: https://onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca/globalsouthpolitics/2018/04/27/three-ways-police-abuse-affects-democracy/, KR AND police abuse and the fuzzy line between democracy and authoritarianism that it represents. ExtinctionKasparov 17 AND having the exceptional courage to always try to be better. Thank you. | 10/30/21 |
NOVDEC - Pre-Strike BallotTournament: Blue Key | Round: 2 | Opponent: Our Lady of Lourdes GP | Judge: Amadea Datel OFFCounterplan Text: A just government ought to recognize a right of workers to strike when authorized by a majority of striking workers through a secret balloting processThat solvesTenza 19 — Mlungisi Tenza (LLB, LLM, LLD @ University of KwaZulu-Natal), Investigating the need to reintroduce a ballot requirement for a protected strike in South Africa, August 1 2019, Obiter Volume 40, Issue 2, https://journals.co.za/doi/10.10520/EJC-1936af7594 WJ AND are expected to engage fruitfully during negotiations and to avoid impending industrial action. Secret ballots ensure democratic consultation which reduces long-run poverty and violence – it ensures strikes represent workers, not leadershipTenza 19 — Mlungisi Tenza (LLB, LLM, LLD @ University of KwaZulu-Natal), Investigating the need to reintroduce a ballot requirement for a protected strike in South Africa, August 1 2019, Obiter Volume 40, Issue 2, https://journals.co.za/doi/10.10520/EJC-1936af7594 WJ AND clients might shift loyalty to other businesses resulting in a loss of profit. | 10/30/21 |
NOVDEC - Reconciliation DATournament: Alta | Round: 6 | Opponent: Marlborough AK | Judge: Talia Traskos-Hart OFFReconciliation just passed in House but Senate difficulties exist and need to be resolved FASTCarney, 11-30, 11/30/21, "Biden reconciliation bill faces Senate land mines", The Hill, Jordain Carney is a senate reporter at The Hill; BA in arts, political science major from university of Arkansas, URL: https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/583503-biden-reconciliation-bill-faces-senate-land-mines, KR AND facing significant changes in the Senate because of the tightrope leadership is walking. Labor reform saps PC – empirically prove with Obama, corporate opposition, and Democratic resistanceLeon 21 Luis Feliz Leon, 01-06-2021, ""If we want it, we’re going to have to fight like hell for it" - Labor faces an uphill battle to pass the PRO Act," Strike Wave, https://www.thestrikewave.com/original-content/labor-faces-uphill-battle-to-pass-pro-act/SJKS AND in motion spur labor-law reforms, not the other way around." Republicans love private prison labor – expanding protections sparks Congressional backlash.Jan ’18 (Tracy; writer for the Washington Post; 3-16-2018; "These GOP lawmakers say it’s okay for imprisoned immigrants to work for a $1 a day"; The Washington Post; https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2018/03/16/republican-congressmen-defend-1-a-day-wage-for-immigrant-detainees-who-work-in-private-prisons/; Accessed: 11-7-2021; AU) AND the GEO Group this week as part of a lawsuit against the company. Political capital is a pre-req to passing the billLowry 21 – editor of National Review and a contributing editor with Politico Magazine ~Rich, "Failure on Biden Reconciliation Bill Is Very Much an Option", Politico, 9/22/21, https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2021/09/22/failure-biden-reconciliation-bill-513686~~//AV AND the reconciliation bill until 2022 is itself an existential threat to its prospects. The bill is crucial for combatting climate change and creating jobsGout et al, 11-18– policy analyst for the Energy and Environment team at the Center for American Progress, focusing on climate policy. Prior to joining American Progress, Gout worked as a government contractor to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, where she primarily supported projects in water quality, water security, and climate resilience. ~Elise, "Congress Must Pass the Build Back Better Act to Combat Climate Change", Center for American Progress, 11/18/21, https://www.americanprogress.org/article/congress-must-pass-the-build-back-better-act-to-combat-climate-change/~~//AV AND not either. It is time to pass the Build Back Better Act. Warming causes extinction – It’s linear; every decrease in rising temperatures radically mitigates the risk of existential climate change.Xu and Ramanathan 17, Yangyang Xu, Assistant Professor of Atmospheric Sciences at Texas AandM University; and Veerabhadran Ramanathan, Distinguished Professor of Atmospheric and Climate Sciences at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, 9/26/17, "Well below 2 °C: Mitigation strategies for avoiding dangerous to catastrophic climate changes," Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 114, No. 39, p. 10315-10323recut CHS PK AND . Fig. 2 displays these three risk categorizations (vertical dashed lines). And turns the aff – the bill gives people exclusive child care benefits as well as improving the planet | 12/4/21 |
NOVDEC - Unions DATournament: Apple Valley | Round: 5 | Opponent: Evergreen Valley Independent SE | Judge: Joshua StPeter OFFPublic-sector unions crush effective governance through the fueling of massive debtDisalvo 10 ~Daniel DiSalvo is an assistant professor of political science at the City College of New York.~ "The Trouble with Public Sector Unions" National Affairs, Fall 2010, https://www.nationalaffairs.com/publications/detail/the-trouble-with-public-sector-unions**, VM AND conditions dramatically improve, will dominate the politics of the decade to come." ====Controlling state debt key to infrastructure investment across America – it’s try or die. ==== AND in the long run. Crumbling roads and bridges discourage businesses from investing. Declining US infrastructure jeopardizes economic stability, competitive production, and global trade webs.Puentes 15 ~Robert Puentes is President and CEO of the Eno Center for Transportation a non-profit think tank with the mission of improving transportation policy and leadership. Prior to joining Eno, he was a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution’s Metropolitan Policy Program where he also directed the program’s Metropolitan Infrastructure Initiative. He is currently a non-resident senior fellow with Brookings. Before that Robert was the director of infrastructure programs at the Intelligent Transportation Society of America~, 1-20-2015, "Why Infrastructure Matters: Rotten Roads, Bum Economy," Brookings, https://www.brookings.edu/opinions/why-infrastructure-matters-rotten-roads-bum-economy/ mvp Recut VM AND of whom are jobless, have the best chance possible to find work. | 11/6/21 |
NOVDEC - Violent Strikes PICTournament: Alta | Round: 6 | Opponent: Marlborough AK | Judge: Talia Traskos-Hart OFFCP Text: The United States should recognize the unconditional right of incarcerated workers to conduct peaceful strikes.The cp competes:1~ Violent strikes are real and existGrant, Wallace, 91, Unviersity of Chicago, "Why Do Strikes Turn Violent?", URL: https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/229651?journalCode=ajs, KR AND processes that contribute to the outbreak of violence among weak-insider groups. 2~ Unconditional means all – choosing in the 1ar incentivizes shiftiness which makes it impossible to be negCambridge Dictionary No Date, (Cambridge Dictionary, "Unconditional"), https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/unconditional MNHS NL Even under the aff, prisoners resort to violence under strikes if needs aren’t met, they view it as good but it creates a hierarchial order that hurts prison stabilityHarvard Law Review, 19 - ("Striking the Right Balance: Toward a Better Understanding of Prison Strikes," Harvard Law Review 03/8/2019, accessed 10-28-2021, https://harvardlawreview.org/2019/03/striking-the-right-balance-toward-a-better-understanding-of-prison-strikes/), KR AND inmates,all while deemphasizing hierarchical structures in prisons that harm institutional order. | 12/4/21 |
NOVDEC - Youth Workers DATournament: Alta | Round: 3 | Opponent: Dougherty Valley KM | Judge: Diana Alvarez OFFU.S. youth unemployment is skyrocketing—Covid-19 is devastating for young workers and current measures are comically inadequate.~Genevieve Leigh (2020), National Secretary of the International Youth and Students for Social Equality (US) and writer for WSWS, Unemployment skyrockets among youth, World Socialist Web Site, https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/27/yout-m27.html (5-27-2020)~CHS PK AND the emerging generation of young workers carries within it an enormous revolutionary force. The plan tanks youth education – that hurts their ability to get jobs and youth in generalAldeman, 20, 8/12/20, 74 million, Chad Aldeman is policy director of the Edunomics Lab at Georgetown University. "Aldeman: What a Wave of Teacher Strikes in Argentina Can Teach Us About Learning Disruptions, Degree Attainment, Higher Unemployment and Lower Earnings", URL: https://www.the74million.org/article/aldeman-what-a-wave-of-teacher-strikes-in-argentina-can-teach-us-about-learning-disruptions-degree-attainment-higher-unemployment-lower-earnings/, KR AND helps make an economic case for why they are worthy of large investments. And, CX plus this card confirm that teachers will use power to strike often which undercuts our youthNorton and Hernandez 18 – Hilary Norton is BizFed chair and executive director of FAST (Fixing Angelenos Stuck in Traffic); Tracy Hernandez is the founding CEO of the Los Angeles County Business Federation (BizFed) and president of IMPOWER Inc. BizFed is a grassroots alliance of more than 175 business organizations representing 395,000 businesses with nearly 4 million employees throughout Los Angeles County. BizFed advocates for policies and projects that strengthen the regional economy by exploring all sides of critical issues and takes action on policies to make a difference for business growth, job creation and economic vitality in Southern California; "Commentary: A teachers strike is bad for our students, families and economy"; "October 10, 2018"; http://laschoolreport.com/commentary-a-teachers-strike-is-bad-for-our-students-families-and-economy/ advay AND improve our city’s education system for all. Keep our future leaders learning! A robust youth workforce is key to revitalizing the economy and the environmentO’Mara 20 ~Collin O’ Mara is the president and C.E.O. of the National Wildlife Federation and a former participant in the AmeriCorps VISTA program.~ "7.7 Million Young People Are Unemployed. We Need a New ‘Tree Army.’" The New York Times. May 18, 2020. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/18/opinion/coronavirus-unemployment-youth.html BSPK C-apply 1ac – liu – econ decline causes war | 12/3/21 |
SEPTOCT - Innovation DATournament: Yale | Round: 1 | Opponent: Catonsville AT | Judge: Richard Li OFFCurrent WTO legislation on IP rights promotes innovationEzell et al 4/29 Jaci McDole, Stephen Ezell ~Stephen Ezell is vice president, global innovation policy, at the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF). He focuses on science and technology policy, international competitiveness, trade, manufacturing, and services issues.~ 4/29/21, "Ten Ways IP Has Enabled Innovations That Have Helped Sustain the World Through the Pandemic" Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, https://itif.org/publications/2021/04/29/ten-ways-ip-has-enabled-innovations-have-helped-sustain-world-through DD AG AND top two filing growths of 73 percent and 26 percent, respectively.30 Reductions in protections kill medical innovation, economic growth, and knowledge building for the futureMcDole and Ezell 04/29 – Jaci McDole is a senior policy analyst covering intellectual property (IP) and innovation policy at ITIF. She focuses on IP and its correlations to global innovation and trade. Her work includes ITIF’s Innovate4Health Initiatives (2017–2019) and A Covid-19 TRIPS Waiver Makes No More Sense for Copyrights Than It Does for Patents (2021). McDole comes to ITIF from the Institute for Intellectual Property Research, an organization she cofounded to study and further robust global IP policies. Stephen J. Ezell is ITIF vice president for Global Innovation Policy. He focuses on science, technology, and innovation policy as well as international competitiveness and trade policy issues. He is the coauthor of Innovating in a Service Driven Economy: Insights Application, and Practice (Palgrave McMillan, 2015) and Innovation Economics: The Race for Global Advantage (Yale 2012). The Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF) is an independent, nonprofit, nonpartisan research and educational institute focusing on the intersection of technological innovation and public policy. Recognized by its peers in the think tank community as the global center of excellence for science and technology policy, ITIF’s mission is to formulate and promote policy solutions that accelerate innovation and boost productivity to spur growth, opportunity, and progress; April 29, 2021; "Ten Ways IP Has Enabled Innovations That Have Helped Sustain the World Through the Pandemic"; https://itif.org/publications/2021/04/29/ten-ways-ip-has-enabled-innovations-have-helped-sustain-world-through advay AND generations of biomedical innovation and thus perpetuate the enterprises into the future.13 Pharma collapses without strong IP protectionsBuckland 17 - Danny Buckland (award-winning journalist who writes about health, general features and news, shortlisted for the prestigious Mind Media Awards for his work covering mental health issues), April 26, 2017, "Patents are lifeblood of pharmas", https://www.raconteur.net/legal/intellectual-property/patents-are-lifeblood-of-pharmas/ WJ AND and innovation. Quite frankly, it would all collapse without good IP." Two Impacts –1~ Turns their disease impact – future pandemics are more likely and more deadly which makes innovation key to stop extinctionCeballos 5/27 Gerardo Ceballos ~PhD, Dr Gerardo Ceballos is an ecologist and conservationist at the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico. He is particularly recognized for his influential work on global patterns of distribution of diversity, endemism, and extinction risk in vertebrates. He is also well-known for his contribution to understanding the magnitude and impacts of the sixth mass extinction.~, 5/27/21, "THE SIXTH MASS EXTINCTION AND THE FUTURE OF HUMANITY", Population Matters, https://populationmatters.org/news/2021/05/sixth-mass-extinction-and-future-humanity DD AG AND and civilization. What it is at stake is the future of mankind. 2~ Anticipated economic results in nuclear war – especially for a post-pandemic worldTønnesson 15 ~Tønnesson is a research professor at the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) in Norway and the leader of the East Asia Peace program at Uppsala University in Sweden.~ "Deterrence, interdependence and Sino–US peace." International Area Studies Review, volume 18, number 3, pgs. 297-311. 2015 recut advay AND each other, with a view to obliging Washington or Beijing to intervene. | 9/17/21 |
SEPTOCT - Manufacturing ADV CPTournament: Nano Nagle | Round: 2 | Opponent: Dwight-Englewood EK | Judge: Christopher Perez OFFCP: The United States federal government should commit to purchasing sufficient doses of COVID-19 vaccines to meet global demand and establish public-private partnerships to expand global vaccine manufacturing capacity.Buying and exporting vaccines solves while avoiding the innovation DA.Gianna Gancia 21, (IT, ID) is a member of Parliament’s Development Committee, "Why waiving patents on vaccines is not a good idea," Parliament Magazine, 5-14-2021, https://www.theparliamentmagazine.eu/news/article/why-waiving-patents-on-vaccines-is-not-a-good-idea AND good and humanitarian, without contributing in any way to actually helping them. | 10/9/21 |
SEPTOCT - Midterms DATournament: Yale | Round: 6 | Opponent: Montville AA | Judge: Ananya Natchukuri OFFDems win the Senate now, but it’s close—-it determines the Biden presidency.Shane Goldmacher 7/17. Reporter, New York Times, "Democrats See Edge in Early Senate Map as Trump Casts Big Shadow," The New York Times, July 17, 2021, https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/17/us/politics/midterm-elections.html, RJP, DebateDrills. AND through President Biden’s expansive agenda on the economy, the pandemic and infrastructure. The plan is unpopular—-it’s seen as soft on China.Cynthia Hicks 21. Director of Public Affairs at PhRMA focusing on polling and opinion research that supports advocacy communications and strategy. "New polling shows Americans are sounding the alarm on the TRIPS IP waiver," PhRMA, May 14, 2021, https://catalyst.phrma.org/new-polling-shows-americans-are-sounding-the-alarm-on-the-trips-ip-waiver, RJP, DebateDrills AND – expressed by more than six in ten voters – include the following: China is the key for the midterms—-Senate control hinges on it.Sarah Mucha 21. Politics reporter at Axios, covering the Biden administration and Congress. "Parties pounce on China as midterm issue," Axios, June 23, 2021, https://www.axios.com/democrat-republicans-china-2022-midterms-6c242c54-b51b-444e-b9b2-65ff0afb906a.html, RJP, DebateDrills AND by (President) Xi (Jinping) and the Chinese Communist Party. GOP control of the Senate will be used to usher in a new wave of Trumpism, crushing democracy.Morton Kondracke 21. Retired executive editor of Roll Call, a former "McLaughlin Group" and Fox News commentator and co-author, with Fred Barnes, of Jack Kemp: The Bleeding Heart Conservative Who Changed America. "Why Democrats Must Retain Control of Congress in 2022," RealClearPolitics, August 4, 2021, https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2021/08/04/why'democrats'must'retain'control'of'congress'in'2022'146189.html, RJP, DebateDrills AND for election results and the rule of law would again be in peril. ExtinctionKasparov 17 AND having the exceptional courage to always try to be better. Thank you. | 9/18/21 |
SEPTOCT - NEBELTournament: Yale | Round: 1 | Opponent: Catonsville AT | Judge: Richard Li OFFInterpretation – the Aff may not specify a specific medicineMedicines is a generic bare pluralLeslie and Lerner 16 ~Sarah-Jane Leslie (Ph.D., Princeton, 2007) is the dean of the Graduate School and Class of 1943 Professor of Philosophy. She has previously served as the vice dean for faculty development in the Office of the Dean of the Faculty, director of the Program in Linguistics, and founding director of the Program in Cognitive Science at Princeton University. She is also affiliated faculty in the Department of Psychology, the University Center for Human Values, the Program in Gender and Sexuality Studies, and the Kahneman-Treisman Center for Behavioral Science and Public Policy~, and Adam Lerner, Ph.D, Postgraduate Research Associate in the Department of Philosophy at Princeton University, 4-24-2016, accessed 9-4-2021, "Generic Generalizations (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)," https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/generics/~~ HWIC AND perhaps better used than "usually" to mark off the generic reading.) It applies to this topic – "Member nations ought to reduce IP for covid – therefore, member nations ought to reduce IP for all" is illogical1~ Limits: There’s inf medicines they could specify, coupled with various types of countries. Kills neg burdens – it’s impossible for me to research every possible combination of the 195 countries and medicines.2~ TVA Solves – just read your aff as an advantage to a whole rez aff. We aren’t stopping them from reading new FWs, mechanisms, or advantages. PICs don’t solve – it’s ridiculous to say that neg potential abuse justifies the aff making it impossible for me to winDrop the debater bc you can’t drop the arg on their advocacy | 9/17/21 |
SEPTOCT - T VaccineTournament: Nano Nagle | Round: 2 | Opponent: Dwight-Englewood EK | Judge: Christopher Perez OFFInterpretation: medicine means only treatment and cure – affs cannot defend medical interventions, or vaccines, which is distinctElbe 10 ~Stefan Elbe, director of the Centre for Global Health Policy and a professor of international relations at the University of Sussex. "Security and Global Health," ISBN 0745643744, accessed 8-10-2021, https://www.wiley.com/en-ee/Security+and+Global+Health-p-9780745643731~~ HWIC AND security to be practised through the introduction of new medical interventions in society. Standards:1. Limits – allowing any patented medical intervention allows testing methods, scanning machinery, and tracing software – it takes away generics like innovation which are specific to pharmaceutical development, not preventative measures, which takes away our main IP good argument2. Precision – WHO definitively outweighs on common usage and quals and views vaccines as medical interventions which proves we’re right and consistent with topic lit – debates should mirror international medical consensus. | 10/9/21 |
SEPTOCT - WTO CPTournament: Yale | Round: 1 | Opponent: Catonsville AT | Judge: Richard Li OFFThe TRIPs Council should vote to reduce intellectual property protections for ~medicines through the compulsory licensing of bioterror countermeasures~,amending TRIPs to mandate the reduction of intellectual property protections for ~medicines through the compulsory licensing of bioterror countermeasures~, amending TRIPs to mandate theThe United States should:—Publicly rescind support for the WTO waiver— Veto this motion and refuse to complyThe remaining member nations should initiate proceedings against the United States through the World Trade Organization Dispute Settlement Body which ought to find against the United States. The United States ought to comply with this ruling.Counterplan competes —-1~ The plan has the "member nations" act individually, while the counterplan is the WTO through the Council and eventually the DSB.Collins Dictionary n.d. "member nations" RJP, DebateDrills https://www.collinsdictionary.com/us/dictionary/english/member-nations AND nation is an individual country considered together with its social and political structures. 2~ ImmediacyOught and should are used interchangeably.Anastasia Koltai 18. CEO of MyEnglishTeacher, "Difference Between Ought to and Should," MyEnglishTeacher, September 25, 2018, https://www.myenglishteacher.eu/blog/difference-between-ought-to-and-should/, RJP, DebateDrills. "Should" is immediateSummers 94 (Justice – Oklahoma Supreme Court, "Kelsey v. Dollarsaver Food Warehouse of Durant", 1994 OK 123, 11-8, http://www.oscn.net/applications/oscn/DeliverDocument.asp?CiteID=20287~~#marker3fn13) AND . 336, 337, 27 L.Ed. 201 (1882). The plan would require US companies to disclose information and waive IP protections—-the counterplan has the US resist to avoid political backlash, but that violates WTO disclosure requirements.Jorge Contreras 21. Presidential Scholar and Professor of Law at the University of Utah with an adjunct appointment in the Department of Human Genetics, JD @ Harvard, "US Support for a WTO Waiver of COVID-19 Intellectual Property – What Does it Mean?" Bill of Health Harvard Law, May 7, 2021, https://blog.petrieflom.law.harvard.edu/2021/05/07/wto-waiver-intellectual-property-covid/**, RJP, DebateDrills AND of trade secrets, where it would be met with significant internal opposition. DSB is underutilized currently but using it for major dispute settlement shores it up—-that’s key to combat Chinese IP violations.James Bacchus 18. Member of the Herbert A. Stiefel Center for Trade Policy Studies, the Distinguished University Professor of Global Affairs and director of the Center for Global Economic and Environmental Opportunity at the University of Central Florida. He was a founding judge and was twice the chairman—the chief judge—of the highest court of world trade, the Appellate Body of the World Trade Organization in Geneva, Switzerland. "How the World Trade Organization Can Curb China’s Intellectual Property Transgressions," CATO, March 22, 2018, https://www.cato.org/blog/how-world-trade-organization-can-curb-chinas-intellectual-property-transgressions, RJP, DebateDrills. AND and reduce a significant obstacle to mutually beneficial US-China relations. Stopping tech stealing is key to avoid warTimothy R. Heath 18. RAND Senior Defense and International Analyst, "Avoiding "Avoiding U.S.-China Competition Is Futile: Why the Best Option Is to Manage Strategic Rivalry"; Asia Policy; Vol 13 No 2; April 2018, RJP, DebateDrills AND is for the people of Asia to uphold the security of Asia."38 | 9/17/21 |
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